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Ramesh Menon

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Is One Nation, One Election A Ploy?
Rediff.com13 Dec 2024

What India needs more than one simultaneous election is better governance both at the...

How Will History Remember Chandrachud?
Rediff.com2 Dec 2024

He could have blazed a trail that few Indian judges had. It was a missed opportunity of...

Battle For Survival For Pawars, Uddhav, Shinde
Rediff.com19 Nov 2024

Voters, it is said, get the government they deserve. We will soon see what voters in...

Will Modi Let Omar Govern In Peace?
Rediff.com15 Oct 2024

Will Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who gets his orders from New Delhi, call the...

Will Sexual Abuse Ever End In Film Industry?
Rediff.com11 Sep 2024

Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are...

Beware! China, Pakistan's Bangladesh Games
Rediff.com13 Aug 2024

Bangladesh is in turmoil, which is not good news for India, which shares a porous 4000...

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget
Rediff.com26 Jul 2024

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was...

If Modi Wants A Full Term...
Rediff.com17 Jun 2024

It will be in Modi's interest to reinvent his party, read the writing on the wall that...

Is Election Commission Scared Of Modi?
Rediff.com25 May 2024

This election will be remembered for being the first election where the Election...

Is Election Slipping Out Of Modi's Hands?
Rediff.com1 May 2024

In nearly 100 seats, the BJP stands almost no chance of winning. In 200 seats, it is a...

If Kejriwal's Government Is Dismissed...
Rediff.com9 Apr 2024

'Kejriwal could have easily deputed someone to step in as chief minister, but being the...

Can Modi Beat Rajiv Gandhi's 404 MPs Record?
Rediff.com6 Feb 2024

Modi wants the BJP to gets an additional 10% of the vote share from what it won in...

Shinde's Maratha Reservation Dilemma
Rediff.com23 Dec 2023

Any move of the present government to appease the Marathas may boomerang. Eknath Shinde...

Is The Congress Doomed?
Rediff.com7 Dec 2023

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and...

Can Gehlot Make It Two In A Row?
Rediff.com22 Nov 2023

The fact that Gehlot has stayed relevant these five years with his populist schemes is...

Will Renaming India Change Our Lives?
Rediff.com26 Oct 2023

Debates on changing the name of India to Bharat continue to spark a crisis of identity...

Modiji, Is India Ready For UCC?
Rediff.com9 Oct 2023

Introducing UCC is a challenging task for any government. The complexities are real and...

Governor-CM Rifts: Democracy At Risk
Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

Governors must be impartial, fair, and above narrow politics to uphold the values and...

Congress Challenge: Keep Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar Happy
Rediff.com18 May 2023

There are lessons for the Congress to learn from the Karnataka elections of how burying...

'Yogi baba won't allow criminals to survive'
Rediff.com30 Apr 2023

The murder of Atiq and his brother and the police encounter with his son have raised...